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RedFlameOut
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  • Irvine, CA
  • United States
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What kind of geek are you?
libertarian with a touch of Linux, Windows, and MacOS X sprinkled in
Why do you consider yourself a geek?
Semi-old dude that loves tech
How did you find out about our Geek community?
Lockergnome
What are your "geeky equipment" specs?
Self built:

Intel Q6600 OC to 3.6 GHz
8 GB G.Skill DDR2 (5-5-5-18) memory (4x2)
2 Seagate 1TB SATAII drives
1 Seagate 400 GB SATAII drive
1 WD 750 GB SATAII drive
(sorry, no RAID)
ABIT IP35-Pro motherboard
Antec Nine Hundred case
Antec TruePower Quattro 1000 Watt PSU
GeForce 8800GTS 640 MB video
1 Acer 22 Inch wide screen LCD monitor
1 Hanns-G HG281D 28"W LCD monitor
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Free
What makes you laugh?
Ron White, Jeff Dunham
What is the thing in life you treasure most?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
What's the geekiest thing you've ever done?
Field stripped a teletype (uh oh, that dates me), cleaned it, re-assembled, and oiled it. And yes it worked afterward! :)
What do you do to entertain yourself?
PC games, movies from Netflix, a little TV, my wife, my dog Autumn
Favorite music, movies, books, shows, artists, games, people, events, hobbies, etc.?
Metal, Metal, Metal!
Any SciFi book pretty much
Building PCs
Watching the Seattle Seahawks and the NFL in general
Reading Reason magazine

Just some of the types of music I listen to...

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Hmmm, is it George W. Obama or Barack W. Bush?

Is the Obama administration's "war on terror" policy more of the same?

From: Reason.tv

Posted on April 2, 2009 at 7:34pm —

RedFlameOut

Paper Money vs. Precious Metals Money

If precious metal coins are in circulation which are intrinsically worth their true value, the only kind of counterfeiting possible is with false, disguised metals. This has often been done, and was a major impetus to alchemy, and the manufacture of spurious gold and silver. But paper money invited counterfeiting by its very nature, since the essence of it is not its inherent substance but the authority on which it was issued. Paper money is a symbol. To counterfeit is therefore not
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Posted on March 9, 2009 at 9:06pm — 3 Comments

RedFlameOut

The World's Smallest Political Quiz

Take it and see where you stand!

The Advocates

Posted on March 9, 2009 at 8:47pm —

RedFlameOut

Are we in a depression?

After much reading, study, and contemplation, I have decided we are beyond a recession into the beginnings of a depression. Pundits and politicians may not want to mention that word, but the current financial mess is more than just a big recession.

Wealth destruction has occurred. By that I mean wealth has been destroyed entirely never to be recovered.

Wealth destruction on the scale that is occurring world wide right now is what occurred during the great depression of the 1930's. How long wil… Continue

Posted on February 24, 2009 at 9:32am — 10 Comments

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Seagate drive firmware update problem

Well, I have been totally unable to get the boot disk to boot properly on my system and two emails to disk support at Seagate have illicited no responsed from Seagate.

The ISO burns just fine. When I boot from it with only the affected drive attached, it starts to boot normally on the CD and then stops asking for the full path to the command interpreter.

Anybody else see this issue trying to update their Seagate hard drive firmware?

Posted on February 6, 2009 at 1:41pm —

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At 9:32am on August 23, 2009, HonRevJoWazzoo said…
Made up my mind the avatar. cheers
At 1:51pm on August 11, 2009, HonRevJoWazzoo said…
Wow - you have a lot of neat stuff here. I cannot figure out what I like best - your handle or avatar. cheers. bye.
At 5:59am on August 11, 2009, Quinn Andrew Quilang said…
hi elow.... can i ask you something?/? about video cards??? :D
At 8:35pm on June 20, 2009, Cookenstein said…
Hi Friend! what is your current most used Geek toy?
At 12:01pm on May 23, 2009, Cookenstein said…
How are you? Hope you are enjoying this Memorial day weekend!
At 8:51pm on April 26, 2009, Cookenstein said…
Just passin thru. Hope you had a great weekend! How are you? What are you up to?
At 12:19pm on February 25, 2009, twister7boy said…
yeah i thought it was a good subject. peace. gregg
At 12:19pm on January 31, 2009, Cookenstein said…
Thanks for the kind words. It was a difficult year this past.
At 7:44pm on January 28, 2009, matt said…
Thanks for the add:)
At 7:27pm on January 28, 2009, matt said…
If like jeff dunham you need to check out terry fator he petty good too:)
 
 

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